SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Net Sales

The following tables set forth information about the Company’s operating groups for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:

Third Party Net Sales

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	236,473		$	245,682		$	742,190		$	722,864
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	81,390			71,377			240,609			245,550
Select Distribution Businesses	68,397			70,770			212,585			220,276
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	309,941			232,611			984,393			614,376
All Other (a)	(467		)	(681		)	(4,636		)	(3,361		)
Total	$	695,734		$	619,759		$	2,175,141		$	1,799,705

(a) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters

Net Sales, Excluding Precious Metal Content

Third Party Net Sales, Excluding Precious Metal Content

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	199,786		$	203,307		$	614,133		$	618,596
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	73,305			62,665			216,183			220,573
Select Distribution Businesses	66,644			68,648			207,930			213,627
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	307,853			229,812			977,617			605,312
All Other (a)	(467		)	(681		)	(4,637		)	(3,362		)
Total excluding precious metal content	647,121			563,751			2,011,226			1,654,746
Precious metal content	48,613			56,008			163,915			144,959
Total including precious metal content	$	695,734		$	619,759		$	2,175,141		$	1,799,705

(a) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters

Intersegment Net Sales

Inter-segment Net Sales

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	55,093		$	53,637		$	167,980		$	164,643
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	989			972			3,221			2,909
Select Distribution Businesses	2,608			4,432			8,899			11,909
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	35,468			37,597			116,216			119,395
All Other (a)	52,809			51,325			163,118			158,160
Eliminations	(146,967		)	(147,963		)	(459,434		)	(457,016		)
Total	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

(a) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters and one distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.

Segment Operating Income

Segment Operating Income

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	59,721		$	54,191		$	184,486		$	171,710
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	5,268			(1,437		)	9,531			12,156
Select Distribution Businesses	83			1,145			(797		)	1,503
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	63,337			38,593			206,750			156,293
All Other (a)	(24,646		)	(26,337		)	(96,376		)	(72,423		)
Segment operating income	103,763			66,155			303,594			269,239
Reconciling Items:
Restructuring and other costs	15,097			26,353			18,862			33,849
Interest expense	14,488			16,062			44,854			27,975
Interest income	(2,342		)	(2,418		)	(6,650		)	(6,676		)
Other expense (income), net	739			7,182			1,969			8,686
Income before income taxes	$	75,781		$	18,976		$	244,559		$	205,405

(a) Includes the results of Corporate headquarters, inter-segment eliminations and one distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.

Assets

Assets
(in thousands)	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Dental Consumable and Laboratory Businesses	$	1,032,321	$	1,180,001
Orthodontics/Canada/Mexico/Japan	297,524		328,376
Select Distribution Businesses	205,985		168,500
Implants/Endodontics/Healthcare/Pacific Rim	3,179,994		2,881,591
All Other (a)	261,598		196,930
Total	$	4,977,422	$	4,755,398

(a) Includes the assets of Corporate headquarters, inter-segment eliminations and one distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.